Driving Horizons - Campervan & Travel (Richard Chubb)

Welcome to the introduction for the Travel with Rich Podcast.

This first episode explains a little bit about me and our campervan.

It also explains what I plan for the podcast, and how I hope it may develop over the coming weeks and months.

Are you thinking of buying a VW Campervan? Torn between a VW California and a converted Campervan?

Join me on this weeks episode when I explain a bit about the history of our travels, and the process we went through to chose our Campervan.

From the hiring, to the hired vans breaking down, and to our little boy Max throwing up in the back of the 65kk hired camper!

I wanted to share this week, all the reasons why we love our Campervan.

From day trips, to convenient cooking, to sleeping where you drive. All perfectly great reasons. Have a listen for more!

Welcome to Episode 4 of the Travel with Rich Podcast, on Friday 29th May. Today I am hoping to impart a bit of wisdom.

If anyone is thinking of taking a holiday or a trip with a toddler or a child in a campervan, then here are a few things you may want to consider.

Today, I bring you a few Camping News items that have caught my attention.

I also take you on a tour of the New Forest beaches that are around where we live. Enjoy!

This weeks news, is all about VW releasing an all new, all electric T6 Transporter. Is this the planet saver?

Ferry operators are welcoming back tourists, and is booking car parks in advance the new norm?

Also, what will camping be like after lockdown, and how different will it be. I spoke to 5 campsites to see what their plans are.

Listen, for all the information.

Welcome to this weeks Podcast, where I share a couple of news items I that have caught my eye.

I also share with you some amazing UK Road Trip ideas, and some that we hope to do when we get back to normal.

Enjoy!!

At last, the hospitality industry and campsites have been given the green light to open from 4th July.

In that first week, we have 3 sites book. Join me as I discuss our plans, and where we will be heading!

Welcome to Episode 9. We are off on our first campervan trip since the UK went into LockDown. I thought I would share with you the first things we pack into the van when we are getting ready for a trip.

From Awnings to iPads, Cameras to Coffee makers.

This. Is our list. Have a listen!!

Welcome to this weeks Podcast!

Today, I talk about what our first camping trip was actually like after LockDown, and take you on a short trip along the Rodwell Trail, and to Portland Lighthouse.

Sit back, and have a listen. Thanks, as always.

Welcome to this weeks Podcast! During the last week, we have spent 4 nights out in the campervan.

Dartmoor - We stayed near Dartmoor National Park, and hiked the Haytor Rocks, and visited the House of Marbles. We also cycled some of the Granite Way.

Dorset - We stayed at Durdle Door Campsite, and walked from Durdle Door along the coastal path to Lulworth Cove.

Both locations had amazing scenery, and was great to experience the outdoors again.

Hope you enjoy this episode, don't forget to leave a review if you like what you are hearing!!

Rich

Happy Friday, and welcome to today's podcast!

I thought I would quickly chat about how different site are doing things differently.

This may help you to understand what to expect when arriving at your next site, and what each site may be doing differently from their neighbour down the road.

Thanks for listening, Rich

Happy Friday, and welcome to today’s podcast! I am back, and looking forward to resurrecting the Podcast, with a slight change or two! Thanks for listening, Rich

Welcome to this weeks podcast!

News on a recent YouTube video just released, and we have already booked two campsites for when we come out of LockDown.

Welcome to this weeks episode. I have a couple of pieces of news for you this week, including things to check when booking for April and May.

Also, we have more campsites booked, and more trips to look forward to.

Welcome to this weeks Episode, when I talk about a long-overdue repair that was needed, some new bits for the campervan, and 3 news items that you may find interesting.

I also share a couple of walks we did, seeing the sights and sounds of the New Forest.

Another Friday, another Podcast!

Today we are talking about how we are going to camp when all facilities are shut, and VW's new Camper Converter scheme. That, and bits about our recent videos make up today's podcast. Enjoy!!

If you are looking for a campsite in the New Forest, Hampshire, then be sure to check out Long Meadow. It is situated right in the middle of the forest, close to Lyndhurst and walkable / or bicycle to, Brockenhurst.

Also, we have signed up for the Caravan & Motorhome Club! We have never signed up for a club before, so be sure to listen to find out why!

This week's episode sees us visit the beautiful seaside town of Swanage, and we stay at our first Caravan & Motorhome Club site.

It was a good weekend. The weather was perfect for April, that campsite decent, and Swanage was as beautiful as ever.

Listen for the great time we had, and a few bits of advice about pubs and parking!!

This weeks podcast is all about our trip to Wimborne, and our thoughts on noisy campers.

Wilksworth caravan park was out site of choice, a Shorefield Holidays site deemed as an alternative for Merely Court.

We visited Rufus Stone, and a couple of pretty New Forest ponds.

Welcome to this weeks Episode, where we take a trip to Dorset, and stay in a campsite near Weymouth.

We visit the Blue Pool near Wareham, a beautiful pool naturally filled from a man made clay pit. We also head down the Rodwell Trail, a great disused railway that has been surfaced and is suitable for walking, cycling and pushchairs.

A short, sharp podcast today. I discuss plans for the next few weeks, and the desires of the next few months.

In this week's episode, we check out another Caravan and Motorhome Club site, dodge the rain, fail to dodge the mud, and headed into Wareham on the Wareham Forest Way.

Hope you enjoy this week's podcast.

Welcome to this weeks podcast, when I share all about our trip to the recent New Forest Motorhome show, 2021.

We visited 17 motorhomes, changed our minds, and I tell you about an upcoming change that is going to happen.

I have been quiet on the Podcast front. I love sitting here in my office, rambling away. I am not sure where to take it next.

Looking for feedback, so after you have listened to this episode, head over to richardchubb.com, click on Contact Richard, and let me know your thoughts.

Thanks for the feedback,

Richard

Welcome back to the podcast, when we discuss Cheddar Gorge and a great walk in Hampshire.

This week, I embark on a 2021 Recap after not posting an episode for a while.

We are covering May and June when we take a walk from Keyhaven to Lymington in Hampshire.

We also spend a few days exploring Cheddar Gorge in Somerset.

Welcome to this week's episode, I take you on a tour of Hengistbury Head in Dorset, and a few notes all about the Hythe Ferry, and how you can get from the New Forest to Southampton City without a car!

Don't forget to subscribe, and if you like it, leave me a review. If you think it could be better, why not pop me an email!

Thanks for listening!!

Welcome to this weeks podcast, where I am continuing to recap on our 2021 travels, catching up from when the Podcast was off line.

In todays Episode:

Exbury Gardens - We visit a Falconry Display

Swanage & Corfe - We take a trip on a Steam Train, and visit Corfe Castle

Weymouth - We enjoy an inflatable water park on a lake, and blast around the Jurassic Coast on Jetskis

Beaulieu - We camp at a CAMC pop up campsite, and spend a day at the National Motor Museum

Concierge Camping - And finally we camp at one of the best campsites in the UK, but not without its complications!

Don't forget to subscribe to the show, and get in touch if you have anything to share, suggest or say!

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0:00 Hello it is Friday the third of December This is episode 29 and welcome back to the podcast

0:18 Hello hello hello and good morning good afternoon and good evening to wherever and whenever you are.

Welcome back to the show we should hear and it is great to see or to have all of your ears for the next 10 or 15 minutes or so. If you're new here welcome if you been here before, welcome back and you may or may not know what this podcast is all about. It is trying to share with you all the trips we take in some great parts of the UK that you can visit and you may have heard of and you want to know a bit more about or perhaps places that you've never even heard of that sound interesting to you.

I seem to be getting my tongue in a twist today so bear with me but we are going to crack on or what I'm doing for the rest of 2021 as our travellers kind of slow down a little bit and things are happening at weekends and Christmas is coming and all sorts of things like that we may not be getting to some places that we want to go to but that will that will change but we have been to a lot of places the podcast was down for a few months and I'm just catching up on our previous travels that we've done through the year.

You may have caught last week's show when we visited Marwell zoo and Activity Centre The Isle of Wight and lonely safari park well today I am going to briefly take you to a falconry display on a steam train in Swanage. Some fun that we had in Weymouth. We also went camping to Bewley motorhome museum where the caravan and motorhome club did a pop up campsite and we also went to concierge camping and depending on how long I ramble on for, we may save a couple of these for next week's podcast because there is only a couple of things I have to talk about next week. So we may defer one of those but let's see how we get on. So we've recently been to Chichester was our wedding anniversary last week and we celebrated our 10 year anniversary in a beautiful town or city is it I'm not sure of Chichester, there's a cathedral there.

So it could be a city where there what there was there is some nice bars and coffee shops and a couple of restaurants we went to there for two nights we were Max free. I'm not sure if I mentioned this in last week's podcast. But I will cover that in more detail perhaps over the next week or two. So let me just crack on with a quick catch up of where we've been in the summer of 2021. So we started off this, this show if you like with a trip to X Ray Now X ray Gardens, which you're going to hear about again soon in a couple of weeks. Because we did I also went to a Halloween event now because really cool. There's a video over on my YouTube channel about that day it was really good fun. But this time we went there when we're friends of X ray members, which means we get to go we pay an annual fee and we can go as many times as we want while it's open and closed for a couple of months in a winter. But i

In this week's episode, we visit East Devon and check out some great sights and things to do around the area. We also take a short trip to Arme, in Dorset, and there is a quick update on the channel's future.

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Hello, everybody. It's Friday, December the 10th, this is episode 30, and welcome back to the podcast. Hello, hello, hello and good morning, good afternoon or good evening to whenever and wherever you are listening to this podcast today, it is great to have you welcome.

If you're new here. Welcome. And if you are returning visitor and welcome back, it's great to have all of you and welcome to the show is another Friday. Another week has gone by and as you may know, I am still catching up on talking about all the things I've done over the past few months.

Today, I'm going to talk about a couple of things that we have done in September with the help of my photo library, because that is how I kind of track and remind myself where I've been and what we did.

So I'm going to be flicking between screens. If you hear the odd click, that will be why. What if you are new here, then what is this podcast all about? Well, it is about mainly UK travel and largely in our camper van is done in conjunction with my website, Richard dot com, and also with the few videos

that I put out over on YouTube, which is YouTube.com forward slash Richard Chubb. And this week I've made a bit of a decision to really focus on. They're going to stick with UK travel, but I'm really going to concentrate on the campervan side of things and you know, it's tough to get out all the time with a

family and school and things like that. So I'm going to be doing a little mini trips, possibly on my own day trips out in the van, sharing tips and tricks that I do when I'm out and about and talking about the gear that I use and any tips or advice I can think of.

So if you are a campervan lover, you have definitely come to the right place. If you are just generally a travel lover again, you're in the right place, particularly if that is UK. And if you have some weird fascination with listening to a strange person talk, then you are also in the right place.

So we are going to quickly jump to watch a bit of a catch up to take take you around a few places because one, we did a trip in September that it was only one trip, but we got to see lots and lots.

So let us transport you on an adventure to East Devon. We had three nights in a campsite called Oak Down Tauren Park or I think is Oak Down Touring and Holiday Park something like that? Really good campsites. It's got a great some great facilities there.

Nice big, spacious pitches, award winning according to all the signs they've got everywhere around the park. And so it was a great campsite, great for the kids. There was a play park and a, you know, golf like a little pitch and thing and, you know, nearby lots of places to see which I'll get into.

And we it took us about two and a half hours to get there from the new forest. We headed out west to East Devon and we stopped at Lyme Regis first and foremost, which is a great little beach side of COVI type.

And there's not really a cove, actually. It's a sort of pebble shingle, beach fishing, lots of fishing boats hanging around and the usual beachside attractions, kayaks and trampoline and things like that. We had lunch in the van and took a walk along the beach as a as a little break up of the journey, and then we got

tied down and parked up on a pitch. That was it was very nice. It was very spacious. We were obviously a few tents and camper vans that obviously had come together. He had never quite sure what to expect, but everything was fine.

They were respectful. We wasn't noisy. The noise and more

Welcome to this week's show, when I talk briefly about our Pumpkin Picking trip and a few days we spent seeing the sights in Cheltenham.

Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means we will earn a small commission on the products or services you purchase using the links. There is no additional cost to you and if you do purchase, then I thank you for supporting the website. 

I also thought I would share a quick note about something we find useful on the Campervan, that you may find useful too.

This week, it is our Minipresso Coffee Maker. Decent Coffee without needing power for it Here is a link to the Coffee Maker - https://tidd.ly/3sckque

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It's Friday, the 17th of December. This is episode 31, and welcome back to the podcast. Hello, hello, hello and good morning. Good afternoon and a good evening to wherever and whenever you are listening to this. Thank you for being here.

It's great to have you on the podcast again and welcome to this week's show. If you are new here. Welcome. And if you've been here before. Welcome back we are a podcast all about UK travel and generally camper van life and all things to do with campervans and getting out and seeing what is around us in the

UK mainly. And we cover things like the trips that we go on. We take you to places that we've been to and I also talk a bit about the van and anything that we're doing to it and some tips and tricks around the van in terms of perhaps storage or the bits and pieces that we like the most or the products that we're using. There is no sponsorship or adverts or anything on the podcast, so it's all me talking from the heart and giving you my truthful opinion on things. So we are going to talk today about a few more things that we did in 2021.

We're nearing the end of it now, and this is a quick recap of what we have been doing. I think today I'm talking about what we did in October time, so it's going to be Halloween. Ian walks in the forest and things like that, so stay tuned for that.

And at the end of the show, I will. Also, I'm going to give you a quick, some quick feedback or some quick thoughts on something that we use in the van and something that we every now. If you never show my stick at the end, a thing that we use in the van that we like that we

enjoy and that we can. It might be something to do with the cooking or something to do with how we set things up or storage or something outside. Just something that my feedback on something that I can't do without, I suppose, or that I'd seen.

I think that is a necessity on the van. So if you like we here, don't forget to subscribe to the show. Give me some feedback. If you enjoy the show, then stick a review on your chosen podcast platform.

And if you don't, or if there's something you'd like to me to chat about, then head over to Richard Chap dot com. The contact button and send me a message and I will respond to every message. I guess so without waste any more time.

Let's jump straight into today's show. So the like I say, we are recapping the bits and pieces that we did this year because the podcast ticks and found time for a few months, and I didn't really talk about what we did.

So I'm using the last couple of shows to catch up on that, and I've covered lots of things over the past few few shows ranging from May all the way through to September about all our

Welcome to this week's podcast, when I chat about some of our travel plans for 2022.

Welcome to this week's show, where I give you a load of great tips for when you are visiting your next Caravan, RV and Motorhome Shows

Another year is upon us. We are presented with a whole slew of Caravan and Motorhome shows to choose from.

Don't forget, that I am visiting a couple of Shows in the next 6 weeks. There will be a lot of videos coming up. Head over to the YouTube channel to subscribe. Why not be the first to see all my videos from the Motorhome Show?

It can be quite daunting, so we decided to put together our Top Tips for attending Caravan and Motorhome Shows. RV Shows if you are from across the pond.

They are dotted all around the country. From down in the West Country in Devon, for instance, as far north as York.

Here is the list of 2022 Shows if you are interested. And if you are looking to book a Campsite near one of the shows, perhaps these Websites will help.

If you are going to one, and perhaps haven’t been to one before, it may be a bit overwhelming. As a result, we have put together this comprehensive list to help.

Buying a Campervan, Motorhome or Caravan is quite an investment. As a result, it may also be a good idea to hire one first?

There is a lot of information in this podcast, and all of our tips for motorhome shows can be found in a blog post over on the blog, which you can find by clicking here.

If you want to see a list of all the UK Shows in 2022, then you can find this here.

Also, don't forget to review the Podcast on your favourite platform!

Thanks for listening. Rich

In this show, I talk about the things to consider when buying your first campervan.

I chat about the size of the van, storage, number of seats, and what might be best for you.

This is after owning a campervan for over 5 years, and perhaps about to embark on a new purchase.

If you would like to see the Blog Post, then Click Here to read!

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It's Friday, the 21st of May, this is episode 35, and welcome back to driving Horizon's.

Hello, hello, hello and a good morning, a good afternoon and good evening to whenever or wherever you are listening to this Richard here.

And welcome back to the podcast. If you are new here than welcome and if you are a regular, then welcome back. It's been a quiet week. This week we haven't really been too far.

We've been spending some time just planning our February trip really.

And well, if you don't know where we are heading off to the Lake District, but we are doing something a bit different. We have a camper van, as I have no doubt you are aware, but we are hiring something a little bit bigger with a view to perhaps changing our VW California in the future.

So more on that in the future, and it will all be documented over on the YouTube channel. I'm sure I'll mention it here in February at some point as well. And that got me thinking, and you know, what we want to change are our van and what do we what we really want to make it perfect for us.

I think it crossed my mind for about 1,000,000,000th of a second to build our own. But I have neither the time and most importantly, needs the skills, so we're not going to do that. So we are going to look to get something as close as we want to achieve what we want to have off the off the shelf, if you like. But it got me thinking that it can be quite an overwhelming process to, you know, to buy a motoring or camper van is a lot of money to spend how it's going to be right?

Have you really thought of everything you're going to do with it, how you're going to use it, where you're going to go, how it's going to fit into your life, your lifestyle, your family? Your day to day comings and goings, if you like, so he could be thinking I would write down everything that we should think about . And of course, one thing led to another and it turned into a blog post over on driving horizons dot com. Check out the website over there and you'll see that as one of the most recent posts, and I thought that that would be a great subject for this week's podcast. Have a quick chat and to give you my thoughts on what we need to think about when buying a camper van for the first time. There is so much to consider. There are so many choices out there, so many different alternatives. There's a lot of money to spend. Choosing the right one and getting it as close to perfect, if not perfect as possible, is is going to be your main aim. So I don't want to call it a buying guide because it is in by put together this little guy that's that's over on the website that I'm going to run through quickly here. I'm going to try and again, as always, keep it to a 15 or 20 minutes, but there is so much to think about, so I'm not going to waste any more time offering I am going to crack on with it. For anyone who's buying a camper van, especially for the first time, this podcast is not really going to tell you what camper van is right for you. What it will do, however, is it's going to give you something to think about and hopefully some things to consider that you may know or things to think about that you may not have considered. And that would be an option or an issue or even crossed your mind. So as I said in previous fire podcasts and in var

In today's show, I briefly talk about the first Campervan and Motorhome Show of the year. I also give you a run down of all the things we definitely recommend you should pack, as they are always the first things in our 'van when we head off.

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It's Friday, the 28th of January, this is episode 36, and welcome back to Driving Horizon's.

Hello, hello, hello, and good morning. Good afternoon and good evening to whenever or wherever you are listening to this is Richard here, and welcome back to the podcast.

If you are new here than welcome and if you are a regular, well, of course. Welcome back, I hope. As always, everyone has had a brilliant week and I've just realized I haven't got myself a glass of water, so we'll have to remedy that in a moment.

You may find me talking a little bit slower in today's podcast and hopefully also a little bit clearer because I am trying to transcribe the words on the show so that I can add words over or the transcription to my website, to the show notes, in case there are people that would like to read it, as well as listen to it or instead of listening to it. And I'm also going to try and cut out the ums, but that's the hardest thing, I think. What have we been doing this week? Not too much. I have been getting ready for the first or my first motorhome and campervan show of the year that is happening

in Exeter. 

It is happening today and probably depending on when you listening to this, but certainly when the show goes live, I will be cruising along a south coast road somewhere. It's his anything up to a three-hour drive, so fingers crossed there's not too much traffic.

I think I will be spending two days at this show. The first day I will try and see as many of the motorhomes and campervans as I can because I have a feeling it will be a lot quieter on Friday than Saturday.

I would imagine that there are many children still at school, so if families are thinking of going, they will probably pick the Saturday to go. So hopefully the Friday will be a bit quieter and I can have a nose around all the campgrounds and motorhomes.

I'm not entirely sure how many new models will be there. I think a lot of those will be saved for the NBC show, the month after which we are also going to. But I'm still going to have a look around, get some ideas and try to understand a little bit more about the bigger vans.

What's the difference between our California and the bigger vans if we ever decided to upgrade to something slightly bigger? So that is what's happening in happening in next week? And stay tuned or tune in to next week's show because I will be going into everything there in a lot more detail.

I will also, perhaps I'm not sure yet, but I may flood my Twitter feed with photos and notes from the show. Have a look over on Twitter. Richard Shelby UK is the Twitter handle, I guess is the right word, and let me know.

Follow us over there for updates and bits and pieces on all things complaining. What is today's show about? Well, I think one of these almost two years ago in the summer of 2020, and we've sort of added a few things to the list, and I thought I would go through a few things that we always pack.

first, it doesn't matter where we're going, how many days we're going for or how far we're going. There are certain things that we always put in the campervan first, so I'm going to grab myself a glass of water.

Stay tuned. And I will r

In today’s show, I give you a rundown onmy first Motorhome and Campervan Show of the year. I walkd around almost 20 vans, opening and closing things, checking out bathrooms and toilets, fridges and cookers.

Link below to all the videos where you can see the walk throughs.

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www.drivinghorizons.com

www.youtube.com/richardchubb

Social: @RichardChubUK

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It's Friday, the fourth of February, this is episode 37, and welcome back to driving Horizon's.

Hello, hello, hello and good morning. Good afternoon and good evening to whenever and wherever you are listening to this Richard here and welcome back to the podcast.

If you're new here than welcome and if you are a regular, then of course, welcome back. Well, another week has passed us by, and if you've been out and about in your vans of hope, you've had as much fun as as I did the weather last weekend, particularly for January. On Saturday morning in particular was it was pretty spectacular on the South Coast anyway. What about 50 degrees, which doesn't sound warm for January in England? It was almost tropical.

As you probably heard from previous shows, I have been planning to go to the West Point Exeter Motor Home and camper show, which I did last weekend. Really, really good fun. It wasn't as big as the NBC one's going to be, obviously, but that was still, I reckon, is the best part of 100 vans there on show lots and lots of motor homes and larger campervans.

And they also had a smaller selection of the V dampers in the caddies and the Ford Nuggets and other smaller brands on show as well. And what can I tell you about it? Well, I had a good nose around quite a few vans and there was no real new sort of, you know, state of the art brand new of the production line, 2022 ideas and clever things there. This week it was all mainly second hand ones that were being resold. And on that, one thing that surprised me, I got talking to somebody from South West.

I think it was Southwest campervans or South West Motor homes, and this was about midday. Maybe now, maybe a bit later there, maybe at 2:00 on the first day, and they told me that it already sold six vans and they were expecting to do at least 20 over the weekend. Now, bear in mind that the Friday was probably going to be the quieter day.

Maybe not, actually. Maybe people were going there to have a good look around before we got too busy. I don't know, but you know, six vans in the first four or five hours. I think that just goes to show how much of a demand there is for the motorhomes and campervans and the whole van life and RV and whatever you want to call it, was a bit of an eye opener for me, to be honest with you, you know, thought that have come away from there hoping to sell half a dozen over the whole weekend, let alone six in the first four hours and 20 odd 20 plus over the three days. So I think that goes to show how how in-demand these vehicles are. And if you've been doing it for now, I've done it for very long, very, very since 2017, say, four or five years we've been doing it for. There's something that they've been doing it for decades, but there's a lot of new people going into it. So if you see something you like, I definitely suggest snapping it up because, you know, who knows how long it's going to be hanging around for? So what can I tell you? Well, the one thing that struck me as the most as I was wandering around was how different, even slightly some of the vans and motorhomes are. You know, there doesn't seem to be one perfect layout. I think that the the perfect layo

Welcome to today's show!

Today I talk briefly about an awesome touring park I stayed at. Then I talk about a few great sites that are easy to visit, and in beautiful locations in Devon.

This includes Langstone Rock, Jacobs Ladder, and Byes Riverside Park.

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www.drivinghorizons.com

www.youtube.com/richardchub

Social: @drivinghorizons

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It is Friday, the 11th of February, this is episode 38 from welcome back to driving Horizon's. And low, hello, hello and a good morning, a good afternoon and a good evening to whenever or wherever you are listening to this.

Richard here, welcome back to the podcast. If you are new here, then welcome. And if you aren't a regular, then of course, welcome back. So it's been a busy week, mainly in the office this week. I've been doing lots of editing to get some videos out.

Last week show you may have heard me talk about the motor home and camper van show or the now set motor home camping show I went to. So I'm not going to talk about that this week. You can find all about that in last week's episode, but what I am going to talk about this week is some

of the amazing things that I did while I was down in that part of the world. So the motorhome and camper van show was in West Point in Exeter and I stayed down there. I saw some sites around Exeter and a couple of places on the way back, so stay with me to hear about the suggestions I've

got for the area and the great places that we were that I visited when I was down there. I spotted a couple of things this week in a magazine that I wanted to and I wanted to share with you.

I picked up a copy of the Practical Motorhome magazine, which talks about much of homes and camper vans and things like that. I don't think it really touches too much on on caravans, but on one of their pages, they were talking about the site winners that are judged and awarded by the AA.

And one of the campsites that they have awarded Campsite of the Year to for Wales is one that we visited a couple of years ago. And just by chance, because I put this video out long before I saw this magazine, I recommended this campsite for one that we would definitely revisit in 2022.

So it looks like the AA have good taste because if I can recommend it, then obviously it's good enough for them as well. And the other thing I saw in there was something called night stops. Now night stops is I don't know if anyone's familiar too much with Harvest's hosts that they have in in America is basically

businesses, you know, things like wineries, breweries, places that have lots of land where you are allowed to register and all these caravans, motorhomes, whatever they want to call them over there can park for free. But they are expected, I guess, is the word to use the services of the venue at your park here.

So if you're staying at a winery, a winery, have a wine tasting or by a couple of bottles of wine, if you are staying at a brewery, maybe have dinner there or try out some of the bears is kind of a Win-Win situation because the Tories can park for free and the businesses get people there to spend

money and they're buying their goods and services and just giving up space that would otherwise be sat idle when empty. So they're placing this thing in the UK is called night stops and I've only ever seen in the last couple of months and we have something around Europe corporate stocks, which is quiet, which is quite similar, but

this just looks a little bit less. You know, you don't have to sign up for anythi

Welcome to today's show, a quick prelude to the week ahead and what we will be getting up to when we visit the Lack District.

We are collecting a hire vehicle to use for 3 nights, before exploring the Lakes and around Windermere, and Coniston.

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Welcome to Episode 40, when I quickly discuss our the Best Apps we use when traveling or camping.

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On the 25th and 26th of February, we visited the NEC Caravan Camping and Motorhome Show.

5 halls. Hundreds of suppliers. Thousands of visitors.

These are my thoughts.

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This week I talk all about the hired van we thought we would try out. Is Bigger Better? Are our days of camping in our VW California numbered?

Have a listen to find out!

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Welcome to this week's episode, when briefly explain all about a little challenge I have set myself.

Can I visit 20 different counties in 2022? Have a listen to see why, and what my plans are!

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Welcome to this week's show!

In it, I discuss a couple of pieces of industry news that has caught my eye, plus, at long last, I talk about our ill-fated and disastrous trip to the Lake District.

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Welcome to this week's show, when I take you to Wilton Windmill, before a night stopover in Henley on Thames, at the Caravan and Motorhome Clubs Henley Four Oaks campground.

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Welcome to this week's show, when I visit South Lytchett Minster in Dorset. We take a trip to Upton Country Park, and enjoy tea at a local pub.

This episode talks all about the campsite, the surrounding area and what we thought of the campground.

All about my #20in2022 challenging - http://richardchubb.com/podcast/episode-43

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Welcome to this week's show, when we visit the Caravan and Motorhome Club site near Brighton, and explore all this part of the coast has to offer.

We cycle into Brighton Marina and of course the famous Palace Pier.

We also try out our new Cadac 2 Cook 2 Pro, for a delicious one-pot pasta dish, and amazing Breakfast Sausage muffins. Link are below if you want to see them for yourself.

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Welcome to this week's podcast, where I share with you all the different websites we use when looking to book campgrounds.

This Podcast also has an accompanying YouTube video, if you want to check it out, head over to www.drivinghorizons.com/youtube.

The list of the websites is as follows:

• https://www.caravanclub.co.uk
• https://www.pitchup.com
• https://www.outandaboutlive.co.uk
• https://www.google.com/maps
• https://www.ukcampsite.co.uk

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This week's episode is all about our visit to a great little campsite in the heart of the new forest, within easy reach of a great little village. I am also so close to hitting a major milestone, and need your help to tip me over the edge!

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Welcome to this week's episode I share some industry news, including Forestry and Land Scotland Stay The Night initiative plus a change for the people at Cool Camping.

If you fancy booking via Cool Camping, why not use this code RICHARDC7FD23C. This gives you a £10 credit, and I get a little bit of a bonus which always helps support the show:

Finally, we share some travel plans for another 2 counties in our #20in2022 challenge!!

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In this week's show, I talk about our impromptu visit to the Southern Motorhome and Camping Show to hunt for a new awning, and also some news stories that have caught my eye.

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Welcome to this week's show. I discuss the possibility of Wild Camping (with consent) coming to England and there was also a poll where Britains Top 30 Dream Camping Locations are revealled.

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Wild With Consent

Wild With Consent article - https://wildwithconsent.com

Britains Top 30 Dream Camping Locations - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/camping-uk-best-sites-b2077335.html

Top 30 dream camping locations according to UK residents 

1. Loch Ness, Scotland2. Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire

3. Robin Hood’s Bay, North Yorkshire

4. Durdle Door, Dorset

5. Brecon Beacons, Wales

6. Waterside House Campsite, Lake District

7. Tarn Foot campsite, Lake District

8. Dartmoor National Park, Devon

9. The Needles, Isle of Wight

10. Pleasant Streams Farm, near St Austell, Cornwall

11. Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland

12. St Agnes, Isles of Scilly

13. St Austell, Cornwall

14. At the foot of Ben Nevis, Scotland

15. Glenbrittle campsite, Isle of Skye

16. In the shadow of Stonehenge, Wiltshire

17. Trwyn Yr Wylfa, Snowdonia, Wales

18. In the grounds of Highclere Castle, Berkshire – AKA Downton Abbey

19. On top of Cheddar Gorge, Somerset

20. Croyde Beach, Devon

21. Barra, Outer Hebrides

22. Three Cliffs Bay in the Gower, Wales

23. Isle of Eigg, Inner Hebrides

24. Piel Island, Cumbria

25. Newgale, Pembrokeshire

26. Bon camping, Pembrokeshire

27. Duncansby Stacks, Scotland

28. Turner Hall Farm, Seathwaite, Cumbria

29. Hidden Valley Camping, Worcestershire

30. Lepe Beach, Hampshire

Welcome to this week's show, when I recap our fabulous trip to Devon and Cornwall. We stay at two great campsites, hike a gorge, and take a short boat trip to a pretty village where we find a monster crab!!

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Camping is all about the outdoors, and what better way to enjoy the outdoors, than taking in an awe-inspiring hike, or a gentle stroll.

In this week's podcast, I go through 5 campsites with walks or hikes straight from your pitch. The walks range from challenging to easy strolls, so there is something for everyone.

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In this week's show, I talk about my Summer 2022 travel plans and what we are getting up to over the next couple of months.

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In today's Episode, I quickly announce my return after a bit of an unintentional summer break, and let you know what is coming up over the next few weeks!

Thanks for sticking with me!!

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In today's show, I talk about the start of our Summer 2022 Wales trip, and our journey from Berkshire, to North Wales via Shropshire.

We make it to Snowdonia National Park, before settling into our first Welsh Campsite, Bryn Gloch.

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In this episode, I take you on a trip up Snowdown, the highest mountain in Wales, at an elevation of 1,085 metres above sea level, and the highest point in the British Isles outside the Scottish Highlands.

We also visit Anglesey, along with a trip to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. Yes, that is the correct name. I have not just fallen asleep on the keyboard!!

Enjoy, and don't forget to leave a comment or a review!!

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Have you ever left a campsite halfway through your stay because it wasn't for you? In this episode, I talk about how we did this for the first time ever! We also embarked on our toughest hike to date, but we loved every minute of it!

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It is October, and Winter is fast approaching. That doesn't mean the camping has to stop though!

We regularly get away in the Winter months and have visited quite a few campsites. These on this list include sites that are great for families, great for city visits, and also if you want a bit of luxury.

Campsites included are:

• Freshwater Beach: Bridport, Dorset, DT6 4PT
• Cofton Holidays: Near Dawlish, South Devon, EX6 8RP
• Brighton CAMC Site: East Brighton Park, Brighton BN2 5TS
• Concierge Camping: West Ashling, Chichester PO18 8DL
• Carnon Downs: Carnon Downs, Truro TR3 6JJ

I explain the facilities on each, and who I think they will be good for.

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Have you bit overwhelmed by the different types of portable camping toilets? What are the different types? How do they work? Where do you empty them?

If you are new to camping, or you are just shopping for a new camping toilet, then this is the podcast for you. This show won't tell you which of the portable toilets is best for you personally, but it will help explain what options there are out there.

Firstly though, do you even need one, you ask yourself. Again, that is not a question I can answer, but I can sow some seeds of thought, and perhaps ask you to think about the type of camping you are going to do. The type of campsites you will be visiting.

Perhaps how you empty them will influence your decision on camping toilets, and the one you choose? Maybe having to deal with your own 1's and 2's will put you off the idea altogether!

Accessories for camping toilets

Yes, that's right, camping toilets need accessories. Do you choose a chemical toilet? How do the chemicals work, where do you put them? What types are there?

A Bucket and Bag toilet? I am not sure I like the sound of that you may be thinking. How does that work? Is it really a bucket and a bag? Where do I empty that?

There are a lot of options, a lot of questions, and therefore a lot of answers.

I try my best to answer as many as I can, so why not take a listen to the show a,, about camping toilets, and let me know what you think?

In the meantime, don't forget to subscribe to the show and leave a positive review if you have enjoyed it. If not, please head over to my contact page, and drop me a message!

Until the next time, happy camping, and safe travels!

Rich

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Welcome to this week's episode, where I chat about some news articles that have caught my eye. In addition, I run through all the Camping & Motorhome shows for 2023.

News Articles include Facts and figures from the October NEC show, a 200k motorhome, and the MMM Motorhome and Campervans of the year awards.

Camping, Caravan and Motorhome Shows are back for 2023, and so far I have found 14 shows happening between January and October 2023.

If you are looking for some Top Tips on attending Motorhome shows, then check out a previous Podcast, or this article over on the blog.

In this episode, I spend some time discussing what is coming up on the show over the next few weeks, and I drop in a recording of this week's news story.

This weeks news story includes a new Sat Nav / GPS from Garmin. I also chat about a ruling that affects insurance companies, and how they price things, and finally, I talk about a story where the DVLA are perhaps not being as clear as they could, and should be.

In the second part of the show, I go through some ideas I have for the Podcast, and what may be coming up over the next few weeks, and even months.

Stay tuned, and I hope you enjoy this week's episode of the Driving Horizons Podcast.

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It's Friday, the 11th of November. This is episode 63. And welcome back to Driving Horizon's

Hello. Hello. Hello. And a Good morning. A good afternoon and a good evening to whenever or wherever you are listening to this.

Welcome back to the podcast. And if you are new here, then welcome for the first time and if you are regular, then of course, welcome back. Driving Horizons is a podcast, website and YouTube channel all about camper van, life travel and generally seen as much of the UK in the world as we can. Bought you weekly by me Richard.

So sit back and let us get into this week's episode.

So welcome back to another show. And it is going to be a real quick one today. As you know, we are not travelling at the moment. But that is not going to stop me. So this week, I have not had much time to plan the podcast. And I've got loads of ideas that I want to do over the next few weeks.

So what I thought I would. Do today. Is a quick, a quick preview, if you like. Of what's coming up over or what's coming up on this podcast over the next few weeks. And as I am hoping, like I said last week, to be a regular feature. I will replay a recording of this week's news. Which has been taken from my camping and camper van news video that I released over on YouTube earlier this. Week.

And it is better to watch that on YouTube because you. See the screenshots and the items in the articles I'm talking about. And if you do want to, by all means listen to it here, it will give you the highlights, that's for sure.

But if you want to see it with all the screenshots, then head over to Driving Horizons dot com forward slash. YouTube. And you can watch it there with me going through the screenshots and talking in a bit more detail or showing you a bit more detail of what I'm talking about. So first up, we're going to play that segment from this week's Industry News, after which I will. Let you know. What exciting stuff we have coming up over the next few. Weeks. So here's that recording and I'll be right back.

This Weeks News

Hi, Richard here from Driving Horizons and it's time for the news roundup of all the stories in the camping and campervan world. That have caught my eye this week.

So welcome to this week's news. And I have three stories for you this week. And first up, and I am a little bit late to the party on this one, but Garmin Have released. A couple of new satnav’s or GPS’s Garmin Camper795 and the CamperCam795 The seven inch display should make it easy to see and read while driving. Plus, there are tons of features on these ones, things like. Road warnings, telling you all about steep. Grades, sharp bends and even weight limits. And there is also. An. Environmental zone, which is a. Feature that warned you. About certain restrictions, perhaps a low emission zone in a larger city, something like that that would normally be chargeable. But my favorite and possibly the most useful for me. Anyway, is when, especially if we ever. Bought a bigger van, is. The custom motorhome routine, which among other things, gives you the ability to load in the dimensions of your motorhome or caravan so that you don't find yourself going down small roads like this one in a huge van. A quick snapshot of their features. It is a seven inch screen. You can travel confidently along your chosen route after programing the size of. Your rig, and it gives you a warning. For steep curves, sharp bends, things like that. And it also discovers the best stops, the best spot. Sorry to stop along your route with the inbuilt Michelin Green Guide prices are around £390 for the camper795 or £500 for the camper cam 795. Which, from what I could see, the main difference is that the camper cam has a built in dashcam. And next up, if you are about to undertake a van conversion, then you probably know that you have to let the DVLA know. The primary use of the van has changed from a normal van to, say, a motorhome or a motor caravan, I think they call it. However, it may not be as simple as that. I found a story on Out and About Live where the DVLA has been criticized by the government ombudsman over camper van confusion. The story involves would be camper vanner informing the DVLA. They have converted their normal van to a camper van, only to be told by the DVLA that no they haven't. It was just now a van with windows What’s the different then. All vans have windows. Otherwise why would you need window wipers anyway? Having a vehicle. Registered as a van with windows rather than a motor caravan means the owner can face a number of issues, including higher fees on toll road. Costlier MOT’s, having to abide by different speed limits and not being allowed on some camping sites that don't allow commercial vehicles I guess After being rejected, they asked the DVLA for advice on what they had to do to to get it changed. And the answer was vague, suggesting that they add Awning rails or stickers to the exterior. So they did. And one of them added a big sticker that said camper van to four sides. I'm not sure that would work. And it seems the issue is they won't tell them exactly what they need to do to satisfy the requirements, because the two people involved said if they did, then they'd obviously do it and they would get reclassified. Now there are two separate complainants in this story and it would appear that David and Mary. May not be alone as the number of successful applicants to the DVLA for a change in body type to motor caravan dropped by 95% from almost 2500 to under 150 between January 2019 to January 2020. The DVLA eventually said this was due to making changes to the way they process applications after realizing in June 2019 they had not been applying their existing vehicle body type policy as originally intended. Now the Ombudsman found that not only communicating about this significant change in a clear way, in a timely way, it was a mistake and administration error and part of the DVLA. They also found guilty of not being transparent about what's required to register a vehicle as a camper van and its processes. And they recommend that they apologize to the complainants and give them £100 in recognition of their distress and confusion and frustration. But they should also create an action plan about how it intends to ensure the applicants have sufficiently detailed information available to them before undertaking a conversion about what elements constitute a vehicle, body or vehicle of body type motor caravan and what they need to do. And they also need to provide the Ombudsman with details of how it intends to make clear to customers the process involved in determining a body type and in particular making a decision on what body type to assign an application for a body type motor caravan. And at this point, I'm still not sure if David and Mary have managed to classify their camper van correctly. I hope you have guys if you're watching, which you probably aren’t. And the third article today is all about insurance, and it is a story that I found over on the Caravan and Motorhome Club websites excuse me is an older story, but I wasn't aware. So perhaps some of you are not aware of this either. Now we've all been frustrated when new customers and not just insurance get better deals than those that are renewing with their current provider. Well, the Financial Conduct Authority, the FCA, have brought in their fair pricing initiative, which is aimed at not penalizing those loyal customers that do choose to renew. The FCA found that some existing customers that remained loyal were being punished as new customers were getting better deals, I guess to entice them into signing up with that new insurance company. But from the start of this year, 2022, see told you it was an older story and both new and existing customers must be offered the same price for the same cover, which is kind of a blow for insurance companies, because now that he's going to raise their new business prices or lower their renewal prices so that they match, that is what I have you for this week's Camping and Caravan News and the round up the things that caught my eye. And don't forget, if you did. Like this video, then give. It a thumbs up. And if I carry on getting likes and views, then I'll definitely spend the time to bring you the weekly news all about camping and camper vans. And finally, if. You haven't already. Why not subscribe to the channel that notification bell so that you can see all our future videos on travels, camper van, news and reviews and all things that we do here. If you click here, you will find last week's news video. Thanks for watching and we'll see you in the next video.

So there we go. That is this week's news and one of the stories there about the DVLA.

There were a couple of comments on my YouTube channel, which I'm going to go through in next week's news. And I've also reached out to three or four van conversion companies to see to try and get their thoughts and their experiences on if they register with the DVLA or is that down to the people they sell it onto when they change the logbook to do it?

So I'm trying to understand that in case that might prove helpful for other people. So stay tuned for that next week.

So like I said earlier, I am just going to real quickly. Run through the things that are coming up on the podcast over the next few weeks. I have 13. Weeks worth of ideas and all. Of them take a little bit of work. To do before I can actually record it. So I'm hoping to be able to find the time over the next few weeks to do that as well as maintain the website, as well as record videos and edit videos and publish videos and do my day job to pay the bills.

So I'm and also practice stop sign all the time, which is the hardest part. Okay.

So I have like say 13 things that are coming up and I don't know what order they're going to be coming out in. I am going to read them out in the order they're on my list, which may not be the actual order that they are released in. So don't expect to see the first one. I'm making sure next week, but don't expect to see the last one I mention in 13 weeks time either. And also other ideas might come up other things through the podcast that I want to do.

So here we go. Okay, so I am going to we went in. A summer earlier in the year actually it wasn't quite the summer, I don't think. I think it was more spring time to a national park in Devon.

And we did a amazing walk around Ludford Gorge and I have a quick video on that. That was part of our vlog series when we went to Devon, and I think that it deserves an amazing it's an amazing place. It deserves probably a bit more time. So I am going to go through that trip. It is not boring as it sounds, I promise, because it was. A stunning. Place and I'm not going to spoil it now.

But that's one thing that's coming up.

As a creator of these podcasts, I also listen to podcasts, so I have a number of podcasts that I listen to as regularly as I can. And I'm going to let you know where they. Are and I am going to link to those in the show notes and things like that so that I can send to you.

So the you may be me may be able to discover them and you may enjoy them as well and see if there's something you'd like to add to your podcast. Your podcast list.

I have an idea that I want to share about our campsite wishlist. So these are campsites that I've seen over the years when we've been looking at doing trips and things and that kind of campsites that I really want to visit and I'll tell you why I want to visit them and where they are and things like that, and what appeals about those campsites. To me.

We are also. Members of the Caravan and Motorhome Club site and also the Camping and Caravan Club site. And I want to do a comparison on those too, because some people will do I join a website?

Should I join, show, join this one, show, join one at all and then have a comparison as to who may help people in making a decision. So but before I do that, I'll only say that one caravan and camping club site.

So I'd like to stay a couple more to get a flavor rather than just base my findings on that one campsite. I'd like to stay two or three more so that I have a fair reflection of the state of loads of caravan in my time campsites with not many camping and caravan campsites. So I'd like to I'd like to do that as well.

I'm not sure if this one would actually materialize. It depends on how long it takes me to get it together because we did our ten day trip around on or around the whole of Wales, but we saw lots of things in Wales in the summer and there are a few things that we would have done differently. I'm not sure if that's going to justify a whole podcast or not, but I will go through some ideas or some things that I think that had we done it differently, we may have had a better time and maybe experienced more or experienced different things rather than how we did it.

So that's our favorite cooking gear. We do lots of cooking while we're out camping in the van.

We have a amazing connect stove that I've talked about on here before, I think, but there's loads of cooking gear that we have that makes it easy, quick and convenient to cook inside or outside of the van. So I'd like to share that with you guys. This next one will also turn into a video. I've just got to find the time to do it.

We have a Volkswagen, California, which we love, but there are also some little niggles that. Perhaps we don't love. As much. I don't want to say hate, but I want to share those with use that I was thinking of buying a particular 2015 VW California. It might help those in making a decision or looking out for some of the things that we've noticed over the last four or five years.

I'm debating whether or not to do it. And go into more detail on the campsites that we visit.

For example, we stayed at a campsite called Concierge Camping, and I'd love to explain all about it on the podcast and give you my thoughts on what you can expect when you get there.

And the pros and cons and where it is and what's around there and things like that. So if anyone's thinking of going to that area, that might be a good not just for concierge camping, but for all the other campsites we've stayed as well. Caravan cooking.

I've mentioned the equipment. What about the. Meals we are going to go through? Perhaps a number of meals that we like to eat while we are in the van.

They're easy, convenient, doesn't create much washing up and we have at home just as easily transferable to the camper van as well.

Reading. I like reading. I read as many books as I can, not as many as I would like, but I have a list of camper van and travel books. It's also a blog post on the website which I'd like to go through and tell you who they're by and what it's about. And no spoilers, but why we or why I like them and why I've read them and why I keep them on the shelf, things like that. I'd like to share with you more on. The New Forest has loads of great campsites in the new forest.

There's lovely places to visit and a new forest. It's a national park. It's over 100 years old. It's been a national park. I think. I think so. I think that I can really go through lots of things around the new forest, which is near where we live, the visitors to Sydney Forest that I find useful. So they are 12 or 13 things that are coming up over the next few weeks.

Like I say that the main work in doing it recording only takes 1520 minutes, but the research behind it is where the time is and to get it into a decent format, which I've not been doing.

So there we go.

We are on 16 or 17 minutes of this podcast. I am going to leave it there for now. It is Friday the 11th. I'm recording this on Thursday the 10th. It will be released on Friday the 11th. If you're listening to on Friday the 11th, have a great Friday.

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The New Forest is a great place to explore, whether it be on foot, on bike, or visiting all the local villages to explore.

There are lots of great campsites, and in this episode, I have gone through a few of our favourites, and also a few on our wish list.

From ones with facilities, to ones with not as many, but allowing fires, there should be a campsite among these few to suit all needs.

I have even included an Adults Only one...just don't tell Max!! Here is a blog post to the campsites I have discussed.

Ii also chat about this weeks news, which includes information about the February NEC Show, and a bit about the AA Campsite Awards 2022.

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